On November 14, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Defrates v Podany[i], in which the court examined whether an officer was entitled to qualified immunity for an arrest of a parent and use of force against a parent [...]
On November 26, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Barnes v. City of Centralia et al.[i], in which the court examined whether an officer was liable when he reported threats he received to the police, as would any [...]
On November 25, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Garza v. Briones et al.[i], in which the court examined whether officers who shot a man armed with what was later learned to be a BB gun, violated the [...]
On November 20, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Cheeks[i], in which the court examined whether an officer had sufficient reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle, and whether the officer impermissibly expanded the scope [...]
On November 18, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Hines v. Jefferson[i], in which the court examined whether a deputy, who was working as a school resource officer (SRO), violated the Fourth Amendment regarding excessive force and malicious [...]
On October 23, 2019, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided Lowe v. State[i], in which the court discussed various exceptions to the warrant requirement that pertain to vehicles, and ultimately decided to reverse the trial court’s denial of a [...]
On October 16, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Jones v. Perez[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to probable cause, false arrest, and the role of witness credibility in a probable cause determination. [...]
On October 18, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Holly[i], which serves as an excellent review of the law related to consensual encounters. The facts of Holly, both the officer’s version of events and [...]
On October 16, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Bailey v. Swindell et al.[i], in which the court examined whether a deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he arrested a person inside his residence without a warrant. The [...]
On July 15, 2020, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reheard the United States v. Curry[i], in which the court examined whether a stop of a person near the scene of a “shots fired” call, was reasonable under the “special [...]